Attachment for frying-pans.



H. OSBORN.

ATTACHMENT FOR PBYING FANS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.22,1911.

1 0 4 Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

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HARRY OSBORN, 0F BUCKLEY, WASHINGTON.

ATTACHMENT FOR FRYING-PANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22, 1911.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

Serial No. 616,250.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY OsBoRN, a citi- Zenof the United States, residing at Buckley, in the county of Pierce andState of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Attachments for Frying-Pans; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments forfrying pans.

An object of this invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter, which when applied will prevent the frying pan from tiltingon account of the overbalance caused by the weight of the handle thereofwhen the same is of an unusual length.

Another object of this invention is to improve and simplify devices ofthis character, rendering them. comparatively simple and inexpensive tomanufacture, reliable and eflicient in use and readily operated.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formations, combinations and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa frying pan with my improved attachment applied, and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of a frying pan illustrating a modified form of attachmentapplied.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference the numeral 1designates generally a frying pan of the customary type,

comprising a body portion or receptacle 2, having either formed integralor secured to one end thereof the usual handle 3. The intermediateportion of the handle adjacent the edge of the body portion 2 isapertured as at 4, for the reception of a bolt or rivet 5, whichextends'therethrough and through an aperture 6 formed in the upperoffset end 7 of a substantially vertically extending depending plate 8.The lower extremity of this plate 8 is in the same horizontal plane asthe bottom of the receptacle or body portion 2, and is adapted when'thesame is applied to a stove to contact with the upper edge thereof andform a support which prevents the pan from tilting in case any ui1-usual weight is applied to the end of the handle 3.

The lower extremity of the plate 4L may be offset as indicated by thenumeral 9, to provide a means whereby the pan may be carried by a personwho desires to use the same in traveling or camping.

From the foregoing disclosure it will be manifest that an attachment ofthe character described is provided for which will fulfil all of thenecessary requirements of such a device.

Having thus fully described this inven tion, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: g

The combination with a cooking utensil having a handle extendingtherefrom, of a support secured thereto adjacent to the cooking utensil,said support comprising a rectangular strip of material bent at rightangles toward the cooking utensil at the lower or bearing terminalthereof, and bent to the angle of the handle at the opposite terminal,and securing means piercing said last named bent portion and saidhandle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY OSBORN.

Witnesses:

JAMES MONEELY, C. O. SEBERG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

